Direction signal for motor vehicles



. 1,635 427 July. 12 1927. J. MGENTEE DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR MOTORVEHICLES Filed Feb. 23. 19 27 INVENTOR Van-e6 fntca A, ATTORNEY innerposition;

Patented July 12; 1927.

JAMES MGENTEE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

The present invention relates to direction signals for motor vehiclesand an object thereof is to provide a direction signal which may bemounted readily upon closed cars or vehicles without materially marringor disfiguring the vehicle. A further object of the invention is toprovide for the mounting of a direction signal for operation between theupper edge of a sliding sash and the under side of the upper sill of aframe in which the sash slides.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts andcombinations of parts, all. of which will be hereinafter d'e scribed;the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In thedrawings': I I Fig. l is a fragmentary perspective, view of ,aclosed motor vehicle showing the direction signal mounted in positionthereon; and insignaling position; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the casingshowing the signal member in dotted lines in its Fig. 3 is a fragmentaryplan view showing the signal member in its outer position; Fig. 4 is atransverse section through the direction si. nail on the line 4ll, Fig.3, the signal memier being shown associated with the sash in its frameand being in signaling position; y

- Fig. is a similar view showing a. different manner of securing thecasing of the directionsignal to the frame, the signaling member beingillustrated in the position that it occupies in moving to its innerposition; and r r Fig. 6 1s a fragmentary front view with parts insection illustrating the form of the 4 invention shown in Fig. 5. i I

Referring more particularly to the 1llustrated embodiment of theinvention, 1 indicates a closed motor vehicle body having a 7 door frame2 with a sash 3 slidable guides or grooves 4E formed in the frame. 7

1 Means is provided for forming a housing between theupp'er edge of'thesash 3 and-the under side of the uppersill 5 of theframe 2.

lhi's' means; in this instance, consists in a single piece of sheetmetal bent at 6 between its edges to provide an upper wall-7 and a lowerwall 8 for a chamber'9, said chamber being closed at its inner edge bybend 6 and being open at its outer edge at the exterior of the car.Spacers 8 hold the walls 7 and 8 in spaced relation, The upperwall 7 maywithin the housing orcasing DIRECTION SIG NAT; FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

Application filed February 23,1927. Serial No. 170,142. d

have a flange 10 projecting upwardly from its outer 'etlgeto' formafacing stripv for the outerface of the uppersill 5. of securing thishousing or casing inposition isiinm'aterial. In one instance as shown inFig. 4, screws 11- may be passed through the casing and into the uppersill 5 through the lower surface thereof wl1ile,in,tl1e other instance;as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the upper sill may have a removablestripl2secured thereto by screws 13 and this strip may en-- gage with angularproyections 1d extended upwardly from the upper wall 7' and held betweenthe strip 12 and the sill 5.

[The signal membenin this instance, isin the form of an arrow 15 whlchismounted to turn on one arm 16 of a lever pivoted at 17 about which thearrow. turns on the'lever extends transversely of the'axis of turning ofthe lever but-longitudinally of the arrow.

In order to limitthe movement of the arrow 15 011 the lever arm 16 andat the same time to hold the arrow to the arm, the ar row is providedwith a slot lSwhich exposes the arm and a screw 19 which passes throughsaid slot and is anchored in thearm 16. thus holdingthesignal member 15against long1- tudinal movement'on the arm 16 and at the same timelimiting the turnii'ig movement on 1 the arm. A spring 20 surrounds theswinging arm 16 and has one'endanchored at 21 to the signal member andits other end 22 cooperating with'the top wall 7- of the cas ing. Thisspring actson thesignal arm 15 in such a manner that said signal memberhas a normaltendency to lie with itsflat move frointhe housing to sinaling posi V tions or into-the housing to nonslgnaling position.

The manner The axis faces vertically arranged. The other arm 7 .23 ofthe leverextends througha slot 24 in i the inner wall 6 of the housingand it is pro- Assume that the signaling member lies within thehousinginfnonsignaling position as shown'in Fig. 2 and it is desiredtoQmo've' the same to signaling position as shown iir Fig. l, the userof the device grasps the handle 25" and pushes forward on the same,

swinging theleveron its pivot 17 1 Asthe signaling member moves out ofthe housing,

it turns on thearm 16 of the lever under.v

the ctiono-f .the'sp ng 20 until it as u a vertical position. Themovement of the lever is continued until the spring passes behind theabutment or projection 26 formed on the top wall of the housing to holdthe signal member in its outer position. d

When it is desired to'move the signal member within the housing tononsignaling position, the user pulls rearwardly on the handle whichcauses the lever to move on its I a sash opening and a sash slidable inthe axis 17 and brings the rear edge 27 of the closed vehicle in such amanner that the disfiguring of the vehicle does not occur. The indicatoris mounted to turn on a swinging lever so that it may enter siclewiseinto a housing adapted to be positioned between the upper edge of asliding sash and the under side of the upper sill ofitheframe in whichthe sash slides. A spring is interposed between the lever and theindicating memben which, as the indicating member -moves from thehousing orcasing, causes the indicating member to turn from a horizontalposition to a vertical position on the lever. The construction is simplein operation, inexpensiveto manufactureand durable in use.

It will be noted that the housing is comparatively thin and so situatedthat when the direction indicator is enclosed therein, the device as awhole is practically invisible.

mat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;I 1. The combination witha frame having frame, of-means fixed relativelyto the frame and in the sash opening between the upper edge of the sashand the lower face of the upper sill of the frame, said means beingcoextensive in length with the width of the sash openin and providedwith. achamber, and a direction indicating member mounted to move intosaid chamber to-an inoperative position and from said chamber to asignalingposition.

2. The combination witha frame having a sash opening andja sash.slldable 1n the frame, of means fixed relatively to the frame and inthe sash opening between the upper edge of the sash and the lower faceof the upper sill of the frame, said means coextensive'in length withthewidth of the sash opening and provided with a chamber, of a levermounted to swing in said chamber about an upright axis and having anoperating portion lying on the inner side of the frame, and a directionindicating member mounted to turn on a horizontal on said lever so as-tomove into and out of the chamber.

i 3. The combination with an elongated housing having two parallel wallsand a connecting wall at one side forming a chamber opening at the sideopposite the connecting wall, of a'lever mounted to swing about avertical axis in said chamber nearer one end of the housing than theother and having an operating portion extending through theconnectingwall, and a direction indicating member mounted to turn on the leverabout a horizontal axis. I

4. The combination with an elongated housing having two parallel wallsand a connecting wall at one side forming a chamber opening at the sideopposite the connecting wall, of a lever mounted to swing about avertical axis in said chamber and having an operating portion extendingthrough the connecting wall, and a direction indicating member mountedto turn on the lever about a horizontal axis, said direction indicatingmember having a portion for cooperating with a portion of the housing tocause the lower wall and having a portion projecting through saidopening in the connectlng wall,

a directionindicating member mounted, to swingon the lever about ahorizontal axis, said lever having a portion at its inner end arrangedto cooperate with the bottom wall of the housing to cause the indicatingmemher to swing on the lever as the indicating member is moved into thehousing, and 'a' spring surrounding a lever and connected with, theindicating member to cause the indicating member to turnon the lever asthe mdicating member 1s moved from the housin I JAMES- MCENTEE-

